“Don’t Like To Follow Anyone”: New Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Nitish Rana Ahead Of Indian Premier League 2023 | Cricket News

Newly-appointed Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Nitish Rana on Tuesday stated he’s up for the accountability given to him and would financial institution on man administration to ship outcomes for the aspect within the upcoming IPL. “Man management is important because at the end of the day, it is a game of cricket,” Nitish stated in a press convention. “I have been playing the leadership role for the last 2-3 years, it’s just that I got the captaincy tag but it’s nothing new to me. I like to take responsibility and, hopefully, I will be able to deliver.

“There is accountability and I wish to take accountability. I do not wish to observe anybody. I need to lead the aspect my approach and take the crew ahead,” he added.

KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit is ready for the new season and is optimistic about his team’s chance in the upcoming IPL.

“Obviously this can be a completely different problem as a result of you may have famend worldwide gamers to work with, I all the time like problem, so let’s examine the way it goes,” he said.

Asked about the newly-introduced ‘Impact Rule’, he said, “Obviously we have now been engaged on it and it is difficult for coaches and captains. But we’re very a lot ready for this.” Talking about Rana, who has been entrusted with captaincy duties this season after regular skipper Shreyas Iyer was sidelined due to a back problem, Pandit said, “He has been with KKR for thus could years. He has been enjoying home cricket for thus could years. There is a saying that each one packing containers have to be ticked and he has completed that. So, he has been given the accountability. It was a collective determination, which got here out of confidence.” Rana, on his part said that time will tell about his captaincy qualities.

“Everybody has a special type of captaincy. There is one thing to study from everybody, however my type you’ll have to wait and see and discuss it,” he said.